To find out more about the upcoming happenings in the Perth Metro Area as well as at our 6 Regional Groups, please check out the latest edition of our BirdLife WA eNews here.
Our electronic newsletter is published on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month.
A copy of the ‘Calendar’ section of the 1 October 2025 edition below:
Now until Sunday, 19 October – Hidden Treasures Dawn and Dusk Bird Walks, Stirling Range Retreat (details: link here, flyer here). Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Wednesday, 1 October – BirdLife Bunbury, Mangrove Cove/Leschenault Inlet Avifauna Survey, start 8.00am (details under ‘Regional Groups’ or in latest newsletter here)
Wednesday, 1 October – The World’s Longest City, Film Screening & Panel Discussion, Memorial Hall, Hamilton Hill, start 7.00pm (ticket link here)
Thursday, 2 October – Preparing for H5 Bird Flu Webinar, online, from 4.00pm to 5.00pm AWST (register here)
Saturday, 4 October – Half-day excursion, Collins Road, Flint, start 9.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 4 October – Augusta Garden Club Spring Fete, Centennial Hall, from 9.00am to 3.00pm (link to flyer here, Cape to Cape Bird Group will be there)
Sunday, 5 October – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, part of Workshop: Nature’s Remedy: Boost Your Mental Health, Frasers Landing Community Centre, Coodanup, from 9.30am to 1.30pm (further info and to register click here)
Sunday, 5 October – Family Nature Day, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, 2.00pm to 4.00pm (details & tickets here)
Sunday, 5 October – Spring Cocky Count, Greater Perth-Peel Region, start 5.30pm (details here, registrations closed on 21 Sep)
Thursday, 9 October – Half-day excursion, Lake Claremont, Swanbourne, start 8.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 11 October – Getting started in birdwatching: good for you, good for birds!, CREEC, Wilson, start 10.00am. Speaker: Rochelle Steven
Saturday, 11 October – BirdLife Bunbury, October Excursion to Point Douro, start 8.00am. Leader: Alan Burdett (details under ‘Regional Groups’ or in their latest newsletter here)
Sunday, 12 October – Half-day excursion, Bibra Lake, start 7.30am. Leader: Alan Watson
Tuesday, 14 October – Albany Bird Group, half-day outing, Stirling Range, start 9.00am (details under ‘Regional Groups’ or in their latest newsletter here)
Tuesday, 14 October – BirdLife Bunbury, Stirling Wetlands, Capel, start 9.00am. Leader: Bernie Masters (details under ‘Regional Groups’ or in their latest newsletter here)
Thursday, 16 October – Backyards for Black-Cockatoos, Boddington Community Resource Centre, start 4:30pm. Speaker: Merryn Pryor
Saturday, 18 October – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 18 October – Birdwatching Walk with BirdLife WA, City of Rockingham, Lake Richmond, start 9.00am (register here)
Saturday, 18 October – Birds of Vincent, Bird Walk and Talk, Hyde Park, 8.00am to 9.30am. Leader: Rochelle Steven (register here)
Sunday, 19 October – Half-day excursion, John Forrest National Park, Mundaring, start 8.15am. Leader: Peter Sandilands (BirdLife WA Members only)
Sunday, 19 October – Bold Park Open Day, 10.00am to 2.00pm, more details here, save the date!
Sunday, 19 October – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton and Houtman Abrolhos Conservation Network, Blessing of the Fleet, Geraldton Fisherman’s Wharf, 10.00am to 3.00pm (links here and here).
Monday, 20 October to Sunday, 26 October – Aussie Bird Count (link here)
Friday, 24 October – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, outing to Lake McLarty, start 7.30am. (details given two weeks prior, check website for details)
Saturday, 25 October – Brice Wells Memorial Walk, Kalamunda, start 8.00am, followed by morning tea hosted by City of Kalamunda. Leaders: Brendan Kinsella and Frank O’Connor (free event but registration essential, link here)
Saturday, 25 October – Half-day excursion, Forrestdale Lake, start 8.30am. Leader: David James
Saturday, 25 October – Cape to Cape Bird Group, 20 Year Celebration, Ten Mile Brook Dam, start 9.00am (bookings essential, contact Christine Wilder by email here, quoting your mobile number)
Saturday, 1 November – Half-day excursion, Whiteman Park, Swan, start 7.30am. Leaders: Jill and Andrew Hobbs
Wednesday, 5 November – BirdLife Bunbury, Mangrove Cove/Leschenault Inlet Avifauna Survey, start 8.00am (details to follow, save the date)
Thursday, 6 November to Sunday, 9 November – Wings on King Spring’25, Bird Surveys on King Island (details and registration here)
Sunday, 9 November – Half-day excursion, Ashfield Flats, Bassendean, start 7.30am. Leader: Sue Abbotts
Sunday, 9 November – BirdLife Bunbury, Myalup Shorebirds Walk. Leader: Mark Locker (save the date, details to follow)
Wednesday, 12 November – Have a Go Day, Burswood Park (details to follow, save the date)
Wednesday, 12 November & Thursday, 13 November – CCWA’s 2025 Annual Conference, The Wetlands Centre, Cockburn (details and tickets here)
Thursday, 13 November – Half-day excursion, Penguin Island, Shoalwater, start 8.30am. Leader: Pauline Woolley
Saturday, 15 November – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 7.30am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 15 November – Margaret River Agricultural Show (Cape to Cape Bird Group and GOOD, details to follow, save the date)
Sunday, 16 November – Half-day excursion, Canning River Regional Park, Wilson, start 7.30am. Leader: Lou Scampoli
Tuesday, 18 November to Thursday, 20 November – 2025 AOC (Australasian Ornithological Conference), Perth, details on website here, event link here)
Saturday, 22 November – Half-day excursion, Lake Joondalup, Joondalup, start 7.30am. Leader: Nigel Sutherland
Sunday, 23 November to Friday, 28 November – Mid-week Campout, Albany (link here, limited tickets available). Leader: Peter Sandilands
Monday, 24 November – Speaker Nights, WA Ecology Centre, Floreat, start 6.00pm. Speakers: to be announced
Friday, 28 November – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, outing to Nairns, start 7.30am. (details given two weeks prior, check website for details)
Saturday, 29 November – Half-day excursion, Walyunga National Park, Swan, start 8.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Sunday, 7 December – Half-day excursion, Erskine Lake, Mandurah, start 7.30am. Leader: Pauline Woolley
Thursday, 11 December – Half-day excursion, Pelican Point, Crawley, start 8.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 13 December – Half-day excursion, Thomson’s Lake, Cockburn, start 7.30am. Leader: Robyn Pickering
Sunday, 21 December – Half-day excursion, Alfred Cove, Melville, start 7.30am. Leader: Pete White
Saturday, 27 December – Half-day excursion, Perry Lakes, Floreat, start 7.30am. Leaders: Jill and Andrew Hobbs
Sunday, 4 January 2026 – Half-day excursion, Len Howard Conservation Park, Mandurah, start 7.30am. Leader: Pete White
Please see a summary of our excursion on our website and on our Facebook page.
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